Agriculture Voltage Technology

The agri-voltaic system of 105 KW capacity was developed by ICAR-Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur.
This technology can increase the income of farmers by the generation of electricity and growing cash crops simultaneously on the same piece of land.
Under component-I of the KUSUM scheme, there is a provision for the installation of an agri-voltaic system in farmers’ fields with a capacity ranging from 500 KW to 2 MW.

KUSUM Scheme:

Launched by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy for farmers for installation of solar pumps and grid-connected solar and other renewable power plants in the country.

AIM :

The scheme aims to add solar and another renewable capacity of 25,750 MW by 2022.

THE SCHEME CONSISTS OF THREE COMPONENTS:

Component A: 10,000 MW of Decentralized Ground Mounted Grid Connected Renewable Power Plants of individual plant size up to 2 MW.
Component B: Installation of 17.50 lakh standalone Solar Powered Agriculture Pumps of individual pump capacity up to 7.5 HP.
Component C: Solarisation of 10 Lakh Grid-connected Agriculture Pumps of individual pump capacity up to 7.5 HP.

IMPLEMENTATION

State Nodal Agencies(SNAs) of MNRE will coordinate with States/UTs, Discoms and farmers for the implementation of the scheme.

SCHEME BENEFITS :

The scheme will open a stable and continuous source of income to the rural land owners for a period of 25 years by utilisation of their dry/uncultivable land.
Cultivated fields are chosen for setting up solar power projects, the farmers could continue to grow crops as the solar panels are to be set up above a minimum height.
The scheme would ensure that sufficient local solar/ other renewable energy-based power is available for feeding rural pump-set loads, which require power mostly during the daytime.
As these power plants will be located closer to the agriculture loads or to electrical substations in a decentralized manner, it will result in reduced Transmission losses for STUs and Discoms.
The solar pumps will save the expenditure incurred on diesel for running diesel pumps and provide the farmers with a reliable source of irrigation.

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) was established on 16 July 1929 as a registered society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.
It is an autonomous organisation under the Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India.
It is headquartered at New Delhi.
It is the apex body for coordinating, guiding and managing research and education in agriculture including horticulture, fisheries and animal sciences in the entire country.

Source: PIB

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